A charity has been set up with the aim of buying over Govan's historic graving docks and building a maritime museum.

The site is currently owned by New City Vision who are putting together a masterplan for a mixed-use development featuring mostly housing on the site, but have yet to secure planning permission from Glasgow City Council.

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There have been a number of proposals put forward for the docks since they closed in 1988 but the site has remained derelict and has passed through a number of owners.

Newly created charity Govan Docks Maritime Park, set up by the Clyde Docks Preservation Initiative, is run by residents from the area.

They hope to secure funding the buy the site and build a maritime museum.

A spokesman for the new charity said: "The aim is for Govan Docks Maritime Park as an independent, dedicated charity, to eventually secure ownership of the A-listed historic site and raise funds for its restoration.

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"This will guarantee the long-term protection and stewardship of the only remaining significant dockland site in Glasgow that has not been lost to redevelopment and the only opportunity to create a major maritime heritage centre that befits the significance of our great city’s shipbuilding past.

"The exact formation of the maritime park will be influenced by ongoing consultation. It is likely it will include a diverse range of attractions, activities, social enterprises, educational facilities, nature reserve, etc that will operate different aspects rather than the entire park being run as a single corporate entity."